1. MJH_teacher Adjectives noun + Comparison

2. MJH_teacher nouns adjectives What are nouns and adjectives ? I like to eat soup. hot, steamy, onion In the winter, I like to eat hot, steamy, onion soup. hot, steamy, onion soup. are descriptions of the soup. = adjectives

3. MJH_teacher An adjective describes or modifies a noun (or a pronoun) e.g.The small dog is eating a big bone. He is very young.

4. MJH_teacher How do we compare things? (Degrees of comparison)

5. MJH_teacher Comparison and adjectives Adjectives are also used to compare people and things. There are three degrees of Comparison. אנו משווים תכונות של עצמים שונים, ע"י השוואת התארים שלהם.

6. MJH_teacher There are three degrees: Basic Comparative Superlative high higher highest

7. MJH_teacher Basic

8. Basic The basic form (degree) of adjectives shows the possession of a quality without comparison. Ex.: I like dark colors. Daniel is a tall boy. שם התואר (דרגת הבסיס) מלמד על תכונה של שם העצם, ללא כל השוואה לאחרים.

9. MJH_teacher Comparative

10. When we want to say that two things or people are the same or aren’t the same, we use the base form in one of the following expressions: as … as ; n nn not as … as e.g.: The red baloon is a aa as big a aa as the green one. The chicken is n nn not a aa as tall as Arnie. but השוואה של תכונה או איכות דומה בין שני שמות עצם. (כמו... / לא כמו...)

11. MJH_teacher Comparative er than When we want to compare the qualities of two things or people (two nouns or pronouns), we usually add – er to the basic form + than. erthan Ex.: Red is a darker color than yellow. erthan Daniel is taller than his brother. השוואה של תכונה או איכות דומה בין שני שמות עצם. (יותר/פחות... מ...)

12. MJH_teacher ry Adjectives of 2 or more syllables (unless it ends with r or y), we compare by using: more lessthan noun verb more / less ____ than noun. more than This book is more interesting than that book. less than My ad is less convincing than your ad. כאשר שם העצם מורכב מ-2 הברות או יותר נשתמש בצורה זו להשוואת שמות התואר. (אלא אם שם התואר מסתיים ב- r או y

13. MJH_teacher Superlative

14. Superlative est est When we want to compare a quality among three or more things or people we usually add –est to the basic form. Ex.: - Daniel is the tallest boy in his family. est - Joe is the shortest boy in his family. Daniel Joe הכי כאשר אנו משווים בין שני עצמים או יותר, נשתמש בצורה זו (הכי...)

15. MJH_teacher Spelling Rules-1 er Usually, the ending er/est is simply added to the positive form of the adjective. For example: fast - faster strong - stronger est tall - tallest young - youngest When an adjective ends in a silent e, the silent e is dropped before the ending er/est is added. rst e.g.: brave - braver - bravest rst close - closer - closest rst late - later - latest

16. MJH_teacher Spelling Rules-2 When an adjective ends in y preceded by a consonant, the y is changed to i before the ending er/est is added. e.g.: dry - drier-driest; easy - easier-easiest When an adjective ends in a CVC and the last consonant is other than w, x or y or a double vowel - we double the final consonant before adding er/est is added. e.g.: big - bigger-biggest (hot - hotter sad - saddest but: e.g.: loud - louder; neat - neater; soon - sooner

17. MJH_teacher Spelling Rules-3 Don’t forget: The comparative and the superlative forms have 2 parts: …er than the …est nicer thanthe nicest Remember: Then = a time expression Than = a word we use for comparison

18. MJH_teacher Spelling Rules- Irregular adjectives A few of the adjectives which are used with endings have irregular comparative forms. You will find them on the next slide.

19. MJH_teacher the bestbetter thangood the worstworse thanbad the farthest / furthestfarther / further thanfar the leastless thanlittle the fewestfewer thanfew the mostmore thanmany/much

20. MJH_teacher Practice Time: Comparison of adjectives-as…as Adjectives-compare+super-exercise-1 Adjectives-compare+super-exercise-2 Adjectives-compare-exercise-3 Comparison of adjectives Read the text and fill in the adjectives in the correct form. Game-quiz